I Shop, Therefore I Am : The '90s, Harvey Nicks – and Me

Author: Portas, Mary

c 1990 to c 2000

Published on 2 October 2025 by Canongate Books in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 336 pages
162 x 222 x 33 | 490g

A WATERSTONES BEST ENTERTAINMENT BOOK OF 2025'A riot' - The Times'Absolutely irresistible' - Joanna Lumley'I couldn't put it down!' - Michelle Ogundehin'Entertaining and energetic' - StylistChronicling how she transformed Harvey Nichols from a fusty, old-fashioned store to a thriving, cutting-edge fashion brand, this entertaining and insightful book is suffused with the heady glamour and excess of 90s Cool Britannia.

Mary takes us behind the shop window - to the people who kept the show on the road and the early lessons that shaped her career. Told with her trademark wit, grit and candour, readers will see first-hand how, armed only with the blank canvas of a shop window and her own creativity, Mary created an era-defining global brand destination.